Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is determined to hold a long march on Pakistan Day.
The Opposition alliance on Tuesday pledged to reach Islamabad on March 23 and warned the authorities against any attempt to use force to prevent the marchers from entering the federal capital.
“So far, we have decided to reach Islamabad. The duration of the stay will be decided [by the leadership] after reaching the capital,” said PDM spokesman Hafiz Hamdullah.
“We will come. Stop us Asad Umar, if you can,” said Hamdullah, referring to Asad Umar’s statement where the latter said if PDM staged a long march to Islamabad to topple the government, “the people gathered in the public meeting will thrash you“.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed had called out the PDM for announcing a long march on Pakistan Day as an “extremely irresponsible and immoral” move.
